Dwight Howard is now a Laker?

      Well, it seems that the National Dwightmare has come to an end. Dwight Howard looks like he may be a Los Angeles Laker after all. It was a long time coming in a story that had a seemingly endless array of  twists and turns like a roller coaster that would never end. In fact, it felt rather annoying that a man who makes a boatload of cash could not make a simple decision of where he wanted to play next season.

       Mr. Howard initially wanted to go to the Nets because he wanted to form a brand. He had his chance at the trade deadline. Alas, he was strong-armed to stay because he didn't want to sign with the Lakers. The very team he will be traded should this 4-team trade finally become consummated on Friday morning.

     As for The Brooklyn Nets, they took themselves out of the lottery. They felt that they could not wait any longer for Dwight Howard to make up his mind. So, the Nets, moved into another direction  by trading for Joe Johnson, signing Brook Lopez, Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries and of course Deron Williams. That's a playoff team but not a Championship contender.

    It'll be interesting to see how he will fit on this Laker team that has Gasol, Nash and of course, Kobe Bryant. Howard said at one point, that he would not be a third guy on the Lakers. He wanted to be the Alpha man not a another Tyson Chandler.  There were concerns of his rehab following a debilitating back spasms injury that to a team that had dealt with similar problems with Andrew Bynum who ironically had best season ever in 2011-12 but had his share of injuries.

  Yet, with Nash throwing him Alley Oops and easy buckets in transition as a reward to the fruits of his labor on the defensive end. It just might make the transition to playing for the Lakers a little easier and for the team as well. After all, it helps to have a pass-first PG something that the Lakers have been lacking since the Great Magic Johnson hung it up in 1996. The Nash trade to the Lakers may perhaps have been a big reason why Dwight Howard will at the moment barring any unexpected shenanigans become a Los Angeles Laker. (late update: At last it happened.)